Also known as ETE Locality 288, Area 14 - Upper Burgi,
Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 17, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details
PaleoDB collection 21474: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.02.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ceratotherium simum4 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
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"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis5
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Aepyceros melampus7, Alcelaphini indet.7, Megalotragus isaaci7, Reduncini indet.7, Kobus sigmoidalis7, Kobus aff. leche7, Menelikia lyrocera7, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera7, Tragelaphus strepsiceros7, aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros7, Tragelaphus nakuae7
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"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
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